Rugged hornsnail

Rugged hornsnail
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
	; Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. alveare
Binomial name
	Pleurocera alveare; (Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms
	List Io alveare (Conrad, 1834) ; Melania abscida Anthony, 1860 ; Melania alveare Conrad, 1834 ; Melania formosa Conrad, 1835 ; Melania grossa Anthony, 1860 ; Melania pernodosa Lea, 1845 ; Melania producta Lea, 1843 ; Melania pumila Lea, 1845 ; Melania torquata Lea, 1843 ; Pleurocera plicatum Tryon, 1863 ; Trypanostoma lesleyi Lea, 1864;

The rugged hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera alveare, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

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Rugged hornsnail
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)^[1]
Vulnerable (NatureServe)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. alveare
Binomial name
*Pleurocera alveare* (Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms^[3]
List Io alveare (Conrad, 1834) Melania abscida Anthony, 1860 Melania alveare Conrad, 1834 Melania formosa Conrad, 1835 Melania grossa Anthony, 1860 Melania pernodosa Lea, 1845 Melania producta Lea, 1843 Melania pumila Lea, 1845 Melania torquata Lea, 1843 Pleurocera plicatum Tryon, 1863 Trypanostoma lesleyi Lea, 1864